Although virtually everyone agrees that the media & entertainment industry is undergoing a digital transformation, a challenge lies in determining the specific technical areas to address during the process.

When walking into any airport, park, or cafe, the notion that print is dead appears to be absurd. Traditional print media is still present almost everywhere I go, from newspapers to magazines and books made out of—that’s right—paper!

I have been in the hotel technology industry for a long time, but I have never seen the pace of technological change and advancement move so quickly. It is almost as if, within the last two years, the industry has been pushed into hyperdrive and every small, medium and large tech company is jumping on the bandwagon. In the past, it was a big deal when we could connect a CRS to a PMS and implement a 2-way interface. Now we are talking about in-room voice recognition, robots, AI and much more.

When talking about ‘digitization,’ there’s a great deal that comes to mind these days: Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Machine Learning, just to name a few. With so many innovations and developments taking place, it’s hard to keep track.

Recently, the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice launched a podcast initiative with its own dedicated podcast team. The goal is to deliver a series of great discussions with our experts, industry professionals, clients, and potential guests, encompassing every facet of the healthcare and life sciences industry. The host of each edition will take the listener through a broad range of topics, marked by unprecedented insight and immediacy.

We hear a great deal about the “frictionless travel experience” and how it may be a lofty goal, but every day we are getting closer and closer to this reality. Industry leaders agree that low-tech travel experiences are a thing of the past and consumer demand is driving innovation.

“Anything that could give rise to smarter-than-human intelligence—in the form of artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, or neuroscience-based human intelligence enhancement—wins hands down beyond contest as doing the most to change the world. Nothing else is even in the same league.” – Eliezer Yudkowsky, artificial intelligence theorist.

The digital era has dramatically altered the business practices of virtually every industry. And without question, a massive shift has occurred in the publishing sector with the emergence of the options to either read books electronically or listen to them on headphones.